Jake Massimo is an Applied Scientist at AWS with five years of industry experience and a PhD in Cyber Security focused on cryptographic applications of computational number theory. He specializes in public key cryptography, key exchange protocols, and formal verification, translating deep theoretical work—rooted in factorization and number theory—into practical, production-grade security features. A first-class MMath graduate from Exeter, he combines rigorous academic training with hands-on engineering at scale in Seattle. His background as an RNLI senior lifeguard underscores calm, decisive leadership and clear communication under pressure—skills he applies to coordinating cross-functional technical work. He maintains an active personal site and GitHub presence that reflect a blend of research, tooling, and reproducible cryptographic engineering.
5 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cyber Security, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cyber Security at Royal Holloway, University of London
Master's Degree (MMATH), Mathematics, 1st Class, Master's Degree (MMATH), Mathematics, 1st Class at University of Exeter
AWS-LC is a general-purpose cryptographic library maintained by the AWS Cryptography team for AWS and their customers. It іs based on code from the Google BoringSSL project and the OpenSSL project.
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I-D that describes the algorithm identifiers for NIST's PQC ML-DSA for use in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure
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Jake Massimo - Applied Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS)